Hell, even us non-MIT types would do that as well....we'd drive from here
in Dartmouth, MA (usually a 3 hour drive). These trips were, in a way,
"philosophical". You know the old question: 'If a tree falls in the woods
and no one is there, does it make a sound?'....we had to answer the
question: 'If someone is not at LL Bean at 2 am, is it really open?".

Once made the 3 hour run to LL Bean, in my 80 911SC in 2 hours and 20
minutes...left here at 1 am got to the lot at 3:20 am. Ahhh, some of the
indiscretions of youth!

Ric

At 12:04 AM 8/19/2004, Joy Hecht wrote:
>When I was in grad school in the Boston area twenty years ago, every now and
>then we'd all get silly and someone would yell "Bean Run!" and then we'd all
>pile into whatever car was available (most of us didn't have cars) and drive
>two hours to LL Bean to go shopping in the middle of the night.  It was
>great fun. (Yaah, even nerdy MIT grad students get silly sometimes...)
>
>
>Joy
>
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>Joy Hecht
>and Matilda, 1989 Burgundy Vanagon
>
>For musings about life and the vanadventures:
>http://users.rcn.com/jhecht/gypsy
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>:::-----Original Message-----
>:::From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
>:::Of Cory Sammons
>:::Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 9:39 PM
>:::To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>:::Subject: FW: Info on NH and Southern Maine
>:::
>:::On 8/18/04 5:33 PM, "Richard Golen" <rgolen@UMASSD.EDU> wrote:
>:::
>:::>
>:::> You can go to LLBeans (go early evening to avoid the scores of
>:::yuppies....I
>:::> remember a long time ago when LL Bean was the only thing in
>:::> Freeport...beside Dearing's Ice Cream and the Mobil station next door).
>:::
>:::Better yet, go camp out in one of the Beans parking lots and check out
>:::the
>:::store at 2am (its open 24 - 7) when you have it almost entirely to
>:::yourself!
>:::
>:::Cory Sammons
>:::84 Westy
>:::99 New Beetle
>:::Gardiner, NY